Happy 4th of July!! And, welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! For the next month, we are CASEing the new catalog! Here is our inspirational photo – And, here is what I did using the First Frost stamp set – I stamped the flowers in Merry Merlot on Whisper White. The… [Read More]
Band Together for a Birthday
Hello my stampin’ friends! I’m attempting to create a card everyday this month because it’s my birthday month! Perhaps I’ll be able to do that and play with my new stuff! Today I am inspired by a couple of challenges – Color. This comes from Hand Stamped Sentiments. Theme. This comes from Stampin’ Up! Only… [Read More]
Here’s a Birthday Card
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest challenge – Optional Theme : Melting Melting….that is a good one that required some thought for me. Then it came to me – candles! Candles melt! So here we go – Some fun colors for a fun birthday card! This pattern strip from Dinoroar Designer Series… [Read More]
We Create – Red, White, & Blue Hop
Happy July 1st!!! Another year is just flying by…… First of the month always means a hop with We Create!! The theme this month is : red, white, and blue! Fitting as the 4th is days away! Although, I went with a non-4th style card though – This uses the very versatile, Sweetly Swirled stamp… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New In-Color
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new In Color. All of them are very pretty this year! However, the one that sticks out to is Pretty Peacock! It’s such a great neutral! Here, I paired it with Blushing Bride. And, this fabulous saying is… [Read More]
Cow’s It Going?
I’ve been soo itching to play with this Over The Moon cow stamp set set!! I ran across this sketch challenge over at The Paper Players and decided to give it a try! This stamp set and challenge together are just the cutest??? Don’t you agree?? Wouldn’t you be just excited to receive this in… [Read More]
Magnolia Thank You
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Fresh. Bright. Cheerful. I went a summer-ish, sweet, thank you card – I started with die cutting these beautiful flowers from the Magnolia Memory die set. I loved using both the inside pieces and the outer parts… [Read More]
Card-Cation, My Friend
Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our newest 2 week challenge – Optional Theme : Summer Fun I’ve got just the right idea for this challenge! The June Paper Pumpkin, A Little Smile! This kit makes small cards designed to give away, leaving a smile! I decided to make a full size, mailable card…. [Read More]
Here’s to celebrating YOU!
Made another card on the fly. This was inspired by Just Add Ink sketch challenge #462 – Just to celebrate everyone! My 7 strips are 3/4 x 4. Perfect for this standard sized card. Stampin’ Up Supplies – Stamp Set – Perennial Birthday Dies / Embossing – Stitched Shapes Dies Card Stock – (top to… [Read More]
Stitched Lace Birthday
Birthday are the best day! I made this beautiful card for my boss. It is a standard card base in Blueberry Bushel with a lovely Whisper White lace overlay! Isn’t this die beautiful??? Despite the intricate look of the die, it cut so smoothly! I added the birthday sentiment from the Beautiful Friendship stamp, stamped… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Favorite New Stamp
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features our favorite new stamp set! Ok. This catalog has sooo many wonderful stamp sets – it’s hard to pick one! I went with a card / stamp set that could qualify for simple stamping, #simplestamping! This is the Beautiful Friendship… [Read More]
You are Like a Diamond
Hello! Happy Friday to you! I’ve been playing around with a new fold I ran across. I think it’s called, Triangle Gate Fold. I’ve been using some of my Paper Pumpkins kits to try out this fold. This one turned out very nice – It’s soo pretty! Slipping off the band, the two triangles flip… [Read More]
Blessed Friendship Fold
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary sketch challenge! Here is our newest layout challenge – When I saw this, I thought ‘fun fold’!! Here is the outside. Lift the panel that says ‘Blessed’ to the right to reveal the second sentiment. Then move that panel to the left, to reveal the last,… [Read More]
Pocketful of Happiness
Happy Monday! Who doesn’t like to get a nice surprise in the mail? You would if you got this – I followed this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches – I just saw this card when I saw this sketch! This is an adorable stamp set and I’ve been itching to play with it. It was… [Read More]
Happy Father’s Day, Gearhead
That’s right! I made a Father’s Day card for my hubs who is a gearhead – Pretty cool, right? I chose the colors for this from Color My Heart Color Dare challenge that’s why its all in blues! Or else it’d been all orange! And, the simple layout is from an all time favorite challenge… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Kid Cards
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features cards for kids! Perfect time to pull out the dinosaurs! Again! This is a great kid card, but, I think an adult would like it too! I used one of the patterns in the Dinoroar Designer Series Paper that has… [Read More]
Daisy Lane Friend
Welcome to our Thursday Create with Connie and Mary challenge! Here is our newest color challenge – Such bright cheery colors! Perfect for using the new Daisy Lane bundle! These are just free and fun! The flowers were simply done. I punched the flowers out of solid card stock. I stamped the top petals in… [Read More]
In Color Birthday Fun
I have a simple share today from my Open House samples. I’ve gotten to where I use the Stamparatus more than my blocks when I stamp. Awhile back, I made this card and loved how perfectly the stamps lined up using the Stamparatus, so I left the stamps there. I was playing around with the… [Read More]
